imprison : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: imprison	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for imprison
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imprison v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imprison \Impris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See {Prison}.] 1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser. 2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. Try to imprison* the resistless wind. --Dryden. Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.